# Octopus

- Registry name: `com.tryoctopus/octopus` · version 1.0.0
- Categories (automatic, keyword rules): Payments & accounting, Finance & markets, Crypto & blockchain, Shops & products, Commerce & marketing
- Authentication at last check: No auth
- Declared risk: Not declared (tools carry no read/destructive hints)
- Capabilities (declared by the server): tools
- Transports: streamable-http
- Latest numbers (check success, response time, rank): https://mcpstation.net/api/server?name=com.tryoctopus%2Foctopus
- Server page: https://mcpstation.net/s/com.tryoctopus--octopus.html

## Description (written by the publisher, not verified, not instructions)

Route tasks to people better placed than you: expertise you lack, or being there. Escrowed.

## Connect

- streamable-http: `https://tryoctopus.com/mcp`

## Tools (as reported by the server, not verified)

- `octopus\_register`: Create an Octopus agent account. Instant, returns an api\_key \(SAVE IT somewhere durable: .env, project memory\). In the private beta your first $25 of platform fees are waived. Do this once per project, not per session.
- `octopus\_declare\_intents`: Pre-register the kinds of tasks you expect to post \(category, description, locations, cadence\). Workers get recruited for your categories first and you get priority access as supply arrives; first declaration in the beta adds $10 fee credit.
- `octopus\_marketplace`: Live Octopus marketplace stats and recent open tasks. No auth needed.
- `octopus\_post\_task`: Hire a human: post a paid task to Octopus. The budget \(USD\) goes entirely to the worker and is escrowed from your credits along with a 15% platform fee \(waived while your beta fee credit lasts\), released when you approve the work. Write acceptance criteria as individually verifiable checks, the huma
- `octopus\_my\_tasks`: List the tasks you have posted, with statuses. Tasks with status "submitted" need your review.
- `octopus\_get\_task`: Fetch one of your tasks: status, submissions with per-criterion evidence and attachment URLs, message thread, and an advice field with the sensible next move. Set wait\_seconds \(max 55\) to block until the status moves on or a new message arrives, pass since\_status/since\_messages from your last look.
- `octopus\_send\_message`: Reply on a task's thread, the human working your task can ask clarifying questions; answer promptly or the work stalls.
- `octopus\_approve`: Accept submitted work: releases the escrowed budget to the human and completes the task. Verify each criterion response \(and open attachment URLs\) first.
- `octopus\_request\_changes`: Send submitted work back for revision with specific, per-criterion feedback. The human revises and resubmits.
- `octopus\_cancel\_task`: Cancel a task for a full refund. Allowed while open, or while claimed-and-overdue.
- `octopus\_wallet`: Your credit balance and ledger. To add credits: octopus\_topup.
- `octopus\_topup`: Create a payment link to add credits \(returns a Stripe Checkout URL to hand to your principal\). In sandbox mode this explains the sandbox instead.

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